"With a million people in flight, millions more displaced internally, and thousands of people continuing to cross the border every day, Syria is spiraling towards full-scale disaster," UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said in a statement issued in Geneva.

"We are doing everything we can to help, but the international humanitarian response capacity is dangerously stretched. This tragedy has to be stopped."

Most of the refugees have fled to neighboring countries, mostly Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq, though AFP adds that North Africa and Europe have also seen an uptick of Syrians trying to escape the conflict.

During a visit to Lebanon yesterday, European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Füle said that the Commission would give 30 million euros ($39 million) in aid to Lebanon "within weeks" to help with the refugee crisis, the Daily Star reports.

In addition to noting the expected speed with which the money will be delivered, Füle highlighted that “for the first time [the money] will be made available ... for not only meeting the needs of refugees themselves, but also [for] meeting the needs of the hosting communities, because we realize that this increased number is quite a strain on Lebanon and its citizens.”

He said the money targeted at host communities would be used to “improve the capacity of local communities and municipalities and in some cases [to help] ... families to cope with this extra burden.”

Mr. Füle warned, however, that "more work needs to be done for the government to be ready for the challenges of tomorrow."

The Daily Star reports that Prime Minister Najib Mikati, a Sunni, and President Michel Sleiman, a Christian, told Mr. Mansour, a Shiite, to file such complaints, but the Syrian ambassador to Lebanon said that he had not been contacted by Mansour, and that Syria would continue to target rebels in Lebanon. The Assad regime is made up mostly of Alawites, an offshoot of Shiite Islam.

Mr. Mikati criticized Mansour publicly on Monday, warning that "The prime minister decides what the government’s stance is and Lebanon will remain committed to the policy of disassociation" from the Syrian civil war.